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Weeding is Fundamental

99% Invisible

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The Atrium of the New San Francisco Library

San Francisco's new library would have twice as much space as the old one. But a big chunk of that space wasn't going to be for shelving books. The atrium was evidence that books were not the sole priority, says John Sutter. Librarians signed a petition asking Kenneth Dowlin to stop sending books to landfills.

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